Angie Quick

Biography


Angie Quick (b. 1989) is an artist based in London, Ontario.  Known for her evocative, emotionally charged paintings that explore intimacy and human connection, Quick’s painting explores tenderness and intimacy both historically and contemporaneously.

In February 2023 Musuem London featured Quick’s work in a solo exhibition “make me less evil”.  Recent solo exhibitions include “The Moonlight Made Me Do It” at the McIntosh Gallery in 2021 and “when i die i will have loved everything”, curated by Matthew Ryan Smith, Glenhyrst Gallery, Brantford, ON in 2019. She is the recipient of multiple grants and was named the 2025 Artist in Residence at York University.   Her work is in the collections of Museum London and the McIntosh Gallery at Western University.

Selected Works

Exhibitions

Angie Quick

April 3 - May 3 - 2025

Angie Quick “Has Love Made You The Enemy”

We are eagerly anticipating Angie Quick's 3rd solo exhibition at the gallery for the month of April.  In her new suite of lush canvases, Quick explores expressions of intimacy in both private and public spaces. 

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January 4 - February 24 - 2024

Angie Quick “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”

Angie Quick's "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" is a visceral exploration of happiness and joy, both discovered and lost and the human form in all of its beauty and vulnerabilities.

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Curriculum Vitae

Born

in 1989 in Calgary, Lives in London, ON

Solo Exhibitions

2025 Has Love Made You The Enemy, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2024 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2023 my horniness is the only thing keeping me alive, Ellephant Gallery, Montreal, QC
2023 make me less evil, curated by Andrew Kear,  Museum London, London, ON
2023 a life of crime, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2022 the moonlight made me do it, curated by Helen Gregory, McIntosh Gallery, Western University, ON
2019 effects of excess crying on the landscape, Westland Gallery, London ON
2016 A Study in Ruin, Good Sport, London, ON

Group Exhibitions

2025 TBA curated by Andil Gosine, Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
2022 Natures Wild (duets) curated by Andil Gosine, Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catherine’s
2019 when i die i will have loved everything, curated by Matthew Ryan Smith, Glenhyrst Gallery, Brantford, ON
2018 The Affective Pull, curated by Brody Weaver, Satellite Project Space, London ON
2018 Impossible Expectations, curated by Abedar Kamgari, James Gallery, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON
​2017 What is Left? What is Right? curated by Jenna Faye Powell and Christina Battle, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2017 Soft Craft, curated by Megan Arnold and Taylor Doyle, Good Sport, London, ON
2016 Ghost Story, curated by Blair Swann, Xpace Culture Centre, Toronto, ON
2016 Portraits, self and others (it’s complicated), curated by James Patten, McIntosh Gallery, London, ON

Talks

2025 “I Can’t Come to the Party If I Won’t Fall in Love” artist talk and exhibition, York University, Toronto, ON
2024 “the poetics of romance: the role fate and desire play in her creative process” artist talk, London Public Library, Central Branch, London, ON
2024 Wordsfest talk with Angie Quick & Andrew Kear, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2023 Art Now! A Conversation with Angie Quick & Joel Faflak, Museum London, London, ON
2023 Doubleheader artist talk & tour: a life of crime & make me less evil, MGG & Museum London, London, ON
2022 Artists in Conversation: Margaux Williamson with Angie Quick at Museum London, London, ON

Grants

2022 OAC Visual Artists Creation Project (emerging)

2020 OAC Visual Artists Creation Project (emerging)

2018 OAC Visual Artists Creation Project (emerging)

2017 London Art Council: CAIP Category 2 Project Grant

2016 London Art Council: CAIP Category 2 Project Grant

2016 OAC Emerging Visual Artist

Honours

2022 short-listed for Tracey Emin Artist Residency

Publications

Baleeiro, Beatriz, “London artist on how liberation, sensuality inspire her oil paintings”, London Free Press, Jan 29, 2024
Berardini, Adi, “Make Me Less Evil: In Conversation”, Femme Art Review, May 2023
Faflak, Joel, “Angie Quick”, Border Crossings Magazine, Issue #162, 2023

Collections

McIntosh Gallery
Museum London

Private Collections

News

Angie Quick

Angie Quick @ York University

From Jan 21 to March 7, Angie Quick’s residency @ York includes an exhibition, artist talk, performance, and workshop.

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Angie Quick @ LPL

From Sept 9 - Oct 11, Angie Quick is exhibiting at the Central Library.

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Press

London Free Press

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Angie Quick on how liberation, sensuality inspire her paintings

Jan 29, 2024

Beatriz Baleeiro

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Border Crossings

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Crossovers: Angie Quick

August 2023

Joel Faflak

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Femme Art Review

Make Me Less Evil: In Conversation with Angie Quick

April 2023

Adi Berardini

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Videos

Angie Quick: Words Fest Talk

On February 22, 2024 curator Andrew Kear and Angie Quick sat down for a Words Fest conversation about her MGG exhibit "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes".

Angie Quick: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Angie Quick provides a behind the scenes tour of her exhibition "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes".  In the video she talks about combining luxurious interiors with her sumptuous figures, the impact of her colour and how the paintings are lyrical.
Michael Pszczonak
Chantal Khoury
Niloufar Salimi